assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education. （290 words）

46. From paragraph 1, we know that in America _______.(A ) A. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man B. people can always rise to the top through their own efforts C. college professors win great respect from common workers D. people feel painful to mention their fathers as labors

47. According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because _______.(B ) A. servants in American are hard to get B. she takes pride in what she can do herself C. she can hardly afford servants D. It is easy to prepare a meal with canned food 48. The expression ―wait on table‖ in the second paragraph means ―_______‖.(D ) A. work in a furniture shop B. keep accounts for a bar C. wait to lay the table D. serve customers in a restaurant 49. The author’s attitude towards manual（体力的）labor is _______.(A) A. positive B. negative C. humorous D. critical 50. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?(B ) A. A Respectable Self-made Family. B. American Attitude toward Manual Labor. C. Characteristics of American Culture. D. The Development of Manual Labor.

IV. 阅读课文Unit 5精读课文，选择适当介词填空 by until about of for in instead of 51. Old age, I decided, is also a gift. I am now, probably __for___ the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be.

52. When I look into the mirror, often I am taken aback __by_ that old person who lives in my mirror.

53. I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, or my loving family __for___ less gray hair or a flatter belly.

54. As I have aged, I have become kinder to myself, and less critical __of___ myself. I have become my own friend.

55. I don’t blame myself __for___ eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly dress that I didn’t need…

56. Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer _until__ 4 a.m.

57. I will walk on the beach ___in__ a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to.

58. A heart never broken is indifferent and sterile and will never know the joy of____ being imperfect.

59. ___instead of ____ becoming over-sensitive to issues of aging such as losses, diseases and inevitable death, I just focus on what I can do and what I love to do.

60. The other day a young person asked me how I felt __about ___ being old.

V．阅读课文Unit 6精读课文，完型填空（单词首次母已给出）

With depression, all is not lost, though it may seem that way. In fact 61 , I think we treated depressives naturally and find ways to recover our true selves. I used 62 to use my sense of humor to cover up the pain 63 of being me. In every job, in almost any situation I can think 64 of, I have taken 65 on the role of cheerleader, morale officer, and head of the Joke Department. It is something we tend 66 to do: accept responsibility for doing the impossible, to fill 67 gaping wholes in our souls.

I don't take on that role 68 anymore, now that69 the meds and therapy have kicked in. I can be myself again, though it has been so long that I have forgotten 70 what my real self looks like. The search is on.

VI. Cloze (统考新题型)

Mrs Green lives in the country, and she doesn’t know London very well. One day, she goes to London. She can’t find her __71__. Just then she sees a man near a bus stop.I can ask him the way,” She says to__72__ and asks, “Excuse me, will you please tell me the way to King Street?” The man smiles with no answer. He doesn’t know English. He speaks Russian. He is a visitor. Then he __73__ his hand into his pocket(口袋)，__74__ out a piece of paper and lets he __75__ it. On the paper are these words, ―Sorry, I don’t speak English.‖ 71.A. way B. puts C. herself D. takes out E. look out (A 72.A. way B. puts C. herself D. takes out E. look out C 73.A. way B. puts C. herself D. takes out E. look out B 74.A. way B. puts C. herself D. takes out E. look out D 75.A. way B. puts C. herself D. takes out E. look out E

阶段练习----4Key

1.satisfied; 2.published; 3.burning; 4. keeping, moving; 5.running; 6.said; 7.painted, going; 8.to listen; 9.thinking; 10.Trying, understood; 11.Having received, taken; 12.Stepping, gone; 13.visiting, show; 14.put; 15. Surrounded / Being surrounded, to surrender; 16. Having finished preparing, to read; 17. Not wanting, (to be) discussed, to attend; 18. obtaining, sleeping; 19.not knowing, fixing; 20.seated 21.A 22.C 23.B 24.A 25.A 26.B 27.A 28.D 29.A 30.B

31.C 32.D 33.D 34.C 35.B 36.B 37. A 38.B 39C 40B 41.B 42C 43A 44C 45D 46. A 47B 48D 49A 50B

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